Vernal Fall, Yosemite National Park

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I wander a land

Of significant contrasts:

Snow that slowly melts,

Rock that longly lasts,

Shadowy silences,

Piercing wild calls,

Whispering Aspen

Thundering waterfalls.

Wash me alive,

Golden sunshine;

Light my trail,

Sparkling starshine;

Echoes dance around

Rocky walls,

From whispering aspen,

Thundering waterfalls.

Mystic moonglow

Light the sky,

Lift my soul

To soar so high,

Sing to me, God,

Sing me your calls,

In whispering aspen,

Thundering waterfalls.

Upper Cathedral Lake

July 22, 1978